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Bill	Savings plans: qualified ABLE program.	Existing federal law, the Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 (ABLE Act) , encourages and assists individuals and families to save private funds for the purpose of supporting persons with disabilities to maintain their health, independence, and quality of life by excluding from gross income distributions used for qualified disability expenses by a beneficiary of a qualified ABLE program established and maintained by a state, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1553	California AB 1553 (20152016)	bill	Savings plans: qualified ABLE program.	enacted	Irwin	7	25	7	2016-01-04	2016-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/15b247b5-c56c-4a0c-8e52-70494066e9f3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1553	2731f302b97cff886bb22161631cb7afca90613cbef83932fc72807b29932e27	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1553 (20152016) — Savings plans: qualified ABLE program.

Existing federal law, the Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 (ABLE Act) , encourages and assists individuals and families to save private funds for the purpose of supporting persons with disabilities to maintain their health, independence, and quality of life by excluding from gross income distributions used for qualified disability expenses by a beneficiary of a qualified ABLE program established and maintained by a state, as specified.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 01/04/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/29/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/22/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/10/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/13/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1553 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1553 IRWIN Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1553 Irwin By Pavley Urgency Clause — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1553 IRWIN Concurrence - Urgency Added — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 19–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Irwin — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-01-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-01-05 From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
• 2016-02-01 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2016-02-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-01 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
• 2016-03-03 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2016-03-31 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 31). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2016-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4684.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2016-06-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-10 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5016.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-22 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6053.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 317, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15b247b5-c56c-4a0c-8e52-70494066e9f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).